𝗦𝘆𝗿𝗶𝗮 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗝𝗼𝗿𝗱𝗮𝗻 𝗼𝗻 𝗦𝘂𝘄𝗮𝘆𝗱𝗮 𝗥𝗼𝗮𝗱𝗺𝗮𝗽, 𝗜𝘀𝗿𝗮𝗲𝗹𝗶 𝗔𝗴𝗴𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗝𝗲𝗿𝘂𝘀𝗮𝗹𝗲𝗺

Joint Statement by Syria and Jordan, issued as the outcome of the Second Ministerial Meeting of the Syrian-Jordanian Higher Coordination Council:

📌 The Council condemned Israeli attacks on Syrian territory as violations of international law and demanded a withdrawal to the 1974 disengagement lines.

📌 Both nations prioritized the full implementation of the roadmap for Suwayda and southern Syria to ensure regional stability and unity.

📌 The session concluded by reaffirming the Hashemite Custodianship of Jerusalem’s holy sites and welcoming the ceasefire agreement between the United States and Iran.

Damascus Governor Maher Marwan said road resurfacing campaigns across the capital will begin soon. He also revealed plans for a 2-km tunnel linking western and eastern Damascus, with negotiations underway with companies and an estimated cost of $35 million.

He added that relocating some government complexes to the city’s outskirts is being studied to ease traffic congestion.

Local sources reported that Israeli forces opened fire on a shepherd and his flock in Ruwayhinah village in central Quneitra countryside, killing more than 15 sheep. In a separate incident, Israeli forces reportedly detained a young man from the same village.

🔴 Several Syrian workers were killed in an Israeli airstrike on an orchard in the town of Abbassiyeh in the Tyre district, Lebanon.

Source: NNA

Turkey’s Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan said Israeli strikes in Syria are creating a “major problem area” and pose a serious risk to Turkey’s security, with Syria remaining at the centre of regional tensions.

He also warned that Israel has so far been constrained by the Iran conflict but may act more freely once conditions allow.

Source: Anadolu Agency

The Paris criminal court on Monday convicted French cement company Lafarge and eight of its former executives of financing terrorism after determining that the firm had paid around 5.6 million euros to three jihadist groups, primarily ISIS, to keep its factory operating in Syria from 2013 to 2014.

The court ruled that these payments helped prepare terrorist attacks, including the January 2015 attacks in France. Former chief executive Bruno Lafont was given a six-year prison sentence, while the other former executives received terms ranging from 18 months to seven years.

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Turkey's Transport Minister Abdulkadir Uraloglu said the country has opened a 350-kilometer railway line along the Syrian border to train traffic after upgrading its infrastructure to make it more robust rather than merely resuming operations.